Today we take an in-depth look at the response to Freddie Gray’s murder at the hands of Baltimore police
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: The media fails again to act as though #BlackLivesMatter - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date: 5-1-15
Ch. 3: Song 1: Shove It (feat. Spank Rock) - Santigold
Ch. 4: Act 2: Obama suggests we pay attention to neighborhoods before they burn - This Week in Blackness (@TWiBnation) - Air Date: 4-28-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: Yell Fire! - Michael Franti & Spearhead
Ch. 6: Act 3: Trying the same failed ideas over and over - The Black Guy Who Tips (@TBGWT) - Air Date: 4-27-15
Ch. 7: Song 3: The Artifact & Living - Michael Andrews
Ch. 8: Act 4: Is Freddie Gray Dead Because Of Lead? - The F Word with @GRITlaura Flanders - Air Date: 5-7-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: Going Home - Niklas Aman
Ch. 10: Act 5: How to win a Facebook fight - The @ThreeANegroes - Air Date: 5-2-15
Ch. 11: Song 5: Opinions - Llewellyn
Ch. 12: Act 6: White Supremacy in the Narrative of the Baltimore Protests - The Benjamin Dixon Show (@TheBpDShow) - Air Date: 4-29-15
Ch. 13: Song 6:Run the Show - Single - Tribal Seeds
Ch. 14: Act 7: Scolding a 65-year-old councilman for his language - This Week in Blackness (@TWiBnation) - Air Date: 5-6-15
Ch. 15: Song 7: One - Apocalyptica
Ch. 16: Act 8: Demand an Executive Order on Racist, Violent Policing via @ColorOfChange, #BaltimoreUprising edition - Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 17: Song 8: "This fickle world" - Theo Bard
Ch. 18: Act 9: They show us how little they value black lives - @rembert Explains - Air Date: 4-29-15
Voicemails
Ch. 20: Feeling occupied at a Baltimore rally - Ronald from Baltimore
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 21: Final comments asking about what we can do as individuals to improve the situation
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism: Demand an Executive Order on Racist, Violent Policing via @ColorOfChange Redux, #BaltimoreUprising Edition
Follow-up action:
SIGN and share the Color of Change petition: "President Obama: End discriminatory, violent policing and its unjust consequences”
Hear the original activism segment:
Demand an Executive Order on Racist, Violent Policing via @ColorOfChange, episode #915 "A fight for survival (#BlackLivesMatter)”
Sources/further reading:
"Black Protesters Aren’t Thugs—They’re Patriots” by Imani Gandy at RH Reality Check
"As Part of a Reparations Deal, Chicago Teens Will Learn About Police Brutality in School” via Vice
"Chicago City Council Passes Landmark Police Torture Reparations Ordinance” via Amnesty International
"Baltimore Uprising: How Did We Get Here?” by Zerlina Maxwell at Essence.com
"Baltimore uprising: Solidarity protests spread across US LIVE UPDATES” via RT America
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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